Get to know Juliette Labous!
| Team | Team Sunweb Women |
|---|---|
| Birth date: | November 4, 1998 |
| What is your specialty on the team? | Road and Cyclocross/ Puncher, Climber, time trialist |
| Hometown: | Besançon, France |
| What is your biggest achievement? | Winning my first UCI race last year (stage win of Tour de Feminin), and my signing as a professional rider in such a team as well. |
| What is your professional goal for 2018? | To be the best as possible for the team, to keep learning and to develop as much as possible myself! |
| What do you love about cycling? | I love the fact that it's an individual sport that is practiced as a part of a team, and that you always have to challenge yourself (mentally and physically) to perform well! And there are always new roads to discover! |
| Why do you love riding for Liv? | I love riding for Liv because it's a brand that benefits women in cycling by creating bikes and gear that are made specifically to fit our bodies, with the same quality as bikes made for men! |
| What is one item you would never leave home without? | My bike because without it I don't feel good and feel that I miss something! |
| If you could learn a new sport or skill this year, what would it be? | I would like to learn how to swim well because it is something that I am not strong at all at it so that would be good to work on that! |
| What is your favorite place to travel? | The west part of the France which is called "Bretagne", where I went every year with my family when I was younger! |
| What is your favorite food? | Mashed potatoes made by my grandmother. Also pizza and pasta! |
| Who is(are) your favorite riding partner(s)? | My teammates, my boyfriend, my brother and my friends, and also my father (...but only for recovery rides!) |
| How do you spend your time off the bike? | I go to school, and when I've time left I go to visit my family and friends, listen to music, and go on walks. |
| What do you want to be "when you grow up"? | A woman who likes who she is. After a cycling career, I would like to be a mechanical engineer or a designer! |
| Words you live by... | Lost the battle, win the war! |
